Comprehension Questions

The Fisherman and His Wife

‘What Your Year 3 Child Needs to Know’ page 15

1. What is unusual about the fish that the fisherman catches?

2. Why does the fisherman throw the fish back in the sea?

3. Why is the fisherman’s wife cross with him?

4. What does the fisherman ask the fish for?

5. Explain why the fisherman’s wife keeps sending him back to the magic fish.

6. Describe what happens to the water throughout the story.

7. Explain the moral of the story.

Extension task: Write a poem in a style of your choice to retell the story of the Fisherman and
his Wife.